Cavan O'Doherty
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Is the whole block unsold? You would of thought that had gone
Essexyellows
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Well we stretched our legs last night with 5-1 win against Bury........ there were only 33 scouts from other clubs in the crowd, mostly looking at Marvin J, can`t see him staying around as he is destined for better things.Possibility he could tear you new one on Sunday if he doesn`t showboat it.
Connor McAleny got a hat-trick from midfield, second of the season..... he won`t be playing Sunday on loan from Everton... hope he stays!
Highlights.....Oxford 5-1 Bury
Connor McAleny got a hat-trick from midfield, second of the season..... he won`t be playing Sunday on loan from Everton... hope he stays!
Highlights.....Oxford 5-1 Bury
no_loyalty
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A few of our loan players are also unable to play, we will miss our most recent centre back pairing of Clarke and Rawson. I am hopeful it will be a really decent game, which we will sneak a win with an extra time deflected winner
scottccfc
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i hope the bookies do a bet for the above, especially going in off someones knee
Essexyellows
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In the group stages we were away at Chelsea kids..... game ended in a draw...... the Chelsea fans that were there got up and walked out..... didn`t realise there was a "bonus point" penalty shoot out if it was a draw.....we lost the shoot out 13-12 in sudden death after it finished 5-5 in the head to head bit........34 pens new record ! :happy:
scottccfc
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did they play that at Stamford bridge?
They're just releasing a few seats here and there. The odd return and small areas that might have been reserved for whatever reason. There are only 25 seats in the lower tier available - which will sell, and if they don't there won't be large gaps - plus we have sold 3 blocks of the additional 6000 we were given so we'll be occupying well over half of the upper tier. The only empty seats you will see will be the upper tier blocks not sold by Oxford, the corporate seats on the half way line which are never full and some club wembley seats - although I know quite a few going in club wembley (outside of our official allocation). Crowd likely to be similar to the England & Lithuania game the other day, although it will look a lot more than that as the empty seats on Sunday will be mainly concentrated in the upper tier and out of view. Either way, a great effort from both sets of supporters and won't be far from the record for an EFL Trophy final.
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patsy123ccfc
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Any idea of how many Oxford have sold, I can probably find this somewhere however I am lazy.
Wiseoldfool
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Approaching 28,000
13+12+5+5 was 35 when I went to school. I assume you didn't attend the local university. :cat:
Essexyellows
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Indeed...... just over 5k there.................................... I wasn`t!
Essexyellows
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It was a long time ago.... and no not a Uni type! :joyful:
Essexyellows
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Back to dots.............you have broken 43k we are predicting high 29k maybe 30k. :happy:
I have to say - you are probably the best poster on here - I love banality.
Can we keep him Nick? Please, can we?
OffenhamSkyBlue
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How long before he starts slagging Grendel or Tony, though?
Liquid Gold
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I wonder if he'd be a sisu or council lover.
Earlsdon_Skyblue1
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Earlsdon_Skyblue1
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I'm absolutely fine with that.
I've been called worse :brb:
Liquid Gold
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I heard if we drink them out before kick off we get a 1 goal head start
Essexyellows
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Ownership ....... well we`ve had Mr Kassam who "took us on a journey"..... almost to non-league oblivion.
Shrewd & tough businessman who bought the Manor for a nominal fee (£1 is quoted but it was nearer £5 million with debt etc) and took on our half built ground (when it REALLY was half built) and the FC debt.
He then shifted ownership of the Manor through a company or three and sold the ground for circa £16 million to Nuffield Health (its a hospital now).
He then used a few quid of his profit to partly finish the new ground. He now charges us about £550,000 a year to rent said ground & can`t even mend the bogs.
London Welsh arrived to groundshare and tried buying the ground out from under us........ sadly the cunts went bust.... we don`t miss them.
Our current chairman, Darryl Eales tried to buy Brum (lifelong fan) but his £30mill was turned down so he got us instead....hes had his fingers in many pies from Marrusia F1 to others. Really nice bloke, often on the terraces with the supporters... likes a drink.... we got thoroughly trollied at Rotherham!
Councils...... sheesh...... new ground is wedged next to green belt which is Uni owned but still close enough to the City to be of value..... if we were to move out the value of the land we are on escalates to silly money. There is talk of a move to Water Eaton just off the A34...... brownfield site but there is so much tit for tat with County,City & other councils thats at least 10 years down the road for planning let alone building.
The similarities are almost too close for comfort.....
Shrewd & tough businessman who bought the Manor for a nominal fee (£1 is quoted but it was nearer £5 million with debt etc) and took on our half built ground (when it REALLY was half built) and the FC debt.
He then shifted ownership of the Manor through a company or three and sold the ground for circa £16 million to Nuffield Health (its a hospital now).
He then used a few quid of his profit to partly finish the new ground. He now charges us about £550,000 a year to rent said ground & can`t even mend the bogs.
London Welsh arrived to groundshare and tried buying the ground out from under us........ sadly the cunts went bust.... we don`t miss them.
Our current chairman, Darryl Eales tried to buy Brum (lifelong fan) but his £30mill was turned down so he got us instead....hes had his fingers in many pies from Marrusia F1 to others. Really nice bloke, often on the terraces with the supporters... likes a drink.... we got thoroughly trollied at Rotherham!
Councils...... sheesh...... new ground is wedged next to green belt which is Uni owned but still close enough to the City to be of value..... if we were to move out the value of the land we are on escalates to silly money. There is talk of a move to Water Eaton just off the A34...... brownfield site but there is so much tit for tat with County,City & other councils thats at least 10 years down the road for planning let alone building.
The similarities are almost too close for comfort.....
Irish Sky Blue
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Apart from needing another stand and maybe the rent, what is wrong with your current stadium?
Essexyellows
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Intransient landlord whose current end game is to sell the football ground & car parks for housing,as it is inside the city council boundary and offers prime development space next to his hotels & leisure complex.
Then factor on the supportersTrust who have recently slapped a community interest right to bid order on it, and other parties who previously wanted to move the Club to other locations and you have a right tangled mess of "interested parties".
Many of the interested parties have been blindsided by Kassam before so they "don`t get on" which leaves us with the supporters trust, Darryl Eales & Kassam at a bit of an en passe with all wanting different outcomes!
Kassam wants around £16+ million for what is there but won`t sell to an individual (eg: Darryl) he is willing sell to the Trust ..... Darryl funds/bankrolls the FC and its losses/revenues so could do without paying 1/2 million in rent & could do with matchday revenue from catering & corporate (Kassam gets that as well!!).......the other parties seem to think that Water Eaton could be a "proper ground with everything under the FC`s control" for sub £20 million........ interesting times ahead.
Me........ buy it..... put the fourth stand up (footings are under the car park already)...... fill the corners..... 25k capacity and flirting with the top of the Championship..... :nailbiting::nailbiting::happy:
Then factor on the supportersTrust who have recently slapped a community interest right to bid order on it, and other parties who previously wanted to move the Club to other locations and you have a right tangled mess of "interested parties".
Many of the interested parties have been blindsided by Kassam before so they "don`t get on" which leaves us with the supporters trust, Darryl Eales & Kassam at a bit of an en passe with all wanting different outcomes!
Kassam wants around £16+ million for what is there but won`t sell to an individual (eg: Darryl) he is willing sell to the Trust ..... Darryl funds/bankrolls the FC and its losses/revenues so could do without paying 1/2 million in rent & could do with matchday revenue from catering & corporate (Kassam gets that as well!!).......the other parties seem to think that Water Eaton could be a "proper ground with everything under the FC`s control" for sub £20 million........ interesting times ahead.
Me........ buy it..... put the fourth stand up (footings are under the car park already)...... fill the corners..... 25k capacity and flirting with the top of the Championship..... :nailbiting::nailbiting::happy:
better days
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Kassam sounds like the scum of the Earth
Grendel
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They reserve that title for Robert Maxwell
Essexyellows
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I can think of many worse....... Kassam is a character hes lurched from bankruptcy to a net worth of £220 million...... he`s taken opportunity as a business man others missed.....................and he isn`t SISU !!
Essexyellows
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Maxwell was another character..... just using other peoples money with so much front nobody ever questioned him..... then he fell off. :happy:
Football chairman/owners rarely get where they are with out stepping on a few folk on the way up.
Football chairman/owners rarely get where they are with out stepping on a few folk on the way up.
Brylowes
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He's actually paid for things with real money, and he released them when the time
Was right, unlike some I could mention.
ovduk78
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Surely he was questioned when he unsuccessfully tried to merge you & Reading together? What an obnoxious scumbag he was?!
Brylowes
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Pretty much goes for most who hold power wealth and influence, look at our Grendel
I bet he's stepped on a few on his way up.
better days
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ovduk78
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As we fans can't afford to buy the club maybe we should start a fundraising page to buy Joy & Tim a boat?At least there was a happy ending with Maxwell